Lindsay Barrett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lindsay Barrett

Jamaican writer, poet and visual artist

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1941

Place of Birth: Lucea, Jamaica

Profession: photographer, poet, journalist, novelist

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Carlton Lindsay Barrett (born 15 September 1941), also known as Eseoghene, is a Jamaican-born poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist and photographer.
Since 1966 he has lived in Nigeria, of which country he became a citizen in the mid-1980s. He initially drew critical attention for his debut novel, Song for Mumu, which on publication in 1967 was favourably noticed by such reviewers as Edward Baugh and Marina Maxwell (who respectively described it as "remarkable" and "significant"); more recently it has been commended for its "pervading passion, intensity, and energy", referred to as a classic, and features on "must-read" lists of Jamaican books.Particularly during the 1960s and 1970s, Barrett was a participant in significant drama and film projects in Britain, and became well known as an experimental and progressive essayist, his work being concerned with issues of black identity and dispossession, the African Diaspora, and the survival of descendants of black Africans, now dispersed around the world. One of his sons is the Nigerian writer A.
Igoni Barrett, with whom he has also worked professionally.